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Johanna F. Still

Johanna Still is The Assembly‘s Wilmington editor. She previously covered economic development for Greater Wilmington Business Journal and was the assistant editor at Port City Daily.

  • Every week, WHQR’s Ben Schachtman and The Assembly’s Johanna Still sit down to talk about The Dive, our joint weekly newsletter. This week it's a look at some of the policies snuck into the North Carolina Senate’s budget proposal, and closer to home, efforts to trim New Hanover County’s budget.
  • On this week's edition of The Dive, Johanna Still from The Assembly looks at North Carolina businesses who are actually quite enthusiastic about President Trump's tariffs, and WHQR's Ben Schachtman follows up on how UNCW's neutrality policy shapes (or doesn't) the type of public events held on campus.
  • Every week, WHQR's Ben Schachtman and The Assembly's Johanna Still tackle stories from around the greater Wilmington area in our free weekly newsletter, The Dive. This week, a look at how an advocate for increased dental safety almost made it onto the state's dental oversight board, until dentists themselves got involved. Plus, the idea of combining the governments of Wilmington and New Hanover County has resurfaced — we check out the past, present, and future of consolidation.
  • On this week's edition of The Dive, Johanna Still from The Assembly looks at North Carolina's shortage of federal airport tower staff, and WHQR's Nikolai Mather reflects on covering the Columbus County Sheriff's Office.
  • Every week, WHQR's Ben Schachtman and The Assembly's Johanna Still tackle stories from around the greater Wilmington area in our free weekly newsletter, The Dive. This week, UNCW's institutional neutrality policy faced a stress test, with underwhelming results. And, a Rouzer-less town hall was fun ... until it wasn't.
  • Every week, WHQR's Ben Schachtman and The Assembly's Johanna Still tackle stories from around the greater Wilmington area in our free weekly newsletter, The Dive. This week, Wilmington was the last man standing when it came to contentious red-light camera programs — but it looks like even the Port City might put red lights in the rearview. Plus, Shibumi has dominated the beach-shade market along the North Carolina coast. But so far it looks like South Carolina isn't having it.
  • On this week's edition of The Dive, WHQR's Ben Schachtman and The Assembly's Johanna Still turn once again to the (seemingly) neverending saga of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement project.
  • On this week's edition of The Dive, Johanna Still from The Assembly looks at where new talent is coming from when they're hired in the Wilmington area. Plus, a Pender County resident's attempt to pay property taxes in gold has again been rebuffed.
  • On this week's edition of The Dive, Johanna Still from The Assembly looks at Pender County's rejection of a resolution supporting ICE, and WHQR's Ben Schachtman looks at The Endowment's ongoing commitment to equity and inclusion — two of the more unpopular words on the conservative landscape.
  • On this week's edition of The Dive, Johanna Still from The Assembly looks at how the Trump Administration's freezing of federal funds could impact some major Cape Fear area projects. And WHQR's Ben Schachtman looks at one commissioner's critique of the local chamber of commerce.